The World's Smallest Bodybuilder
Meet Aditya “Romeo” Dev, who at just 2 ft 9 in. (0.84 m) is the world’s smallest bodybuilder: Pint-sized Romeo is well-known in his hometown of Phagwara, India - for his ability to lift 1.5kg dumbbells - despite his overall 9kg body weight. Every day, crowds flock to the local gym to the see the mini-muscleman in training.
Unlike many dwarfs, Romeo is well proportioned, with a head circumference of 15in and a chest measurement of 20in. Romeo said: “I’ve been training as a bodybuilder for the last two years and by now I think I must be the strongest dwarf in the world."
Huge Hole in Quito, Ecuador
A huge hole in the ground ate a part of the road in the Ecuador capital city Quito after heavy rains in the beginning of April, 2008. According to Latin American news agency Prensa Latina the hole measured 262 feet (80 meters) in depth, 98 feet (30 meters) in diameter.
Woman Lives With Dead Sister for 3 Years
Detroit police said they believe an elderly woman has been living with the corpse of her dead sister on her kitchen floor - possibly for the last three years.
Investigators said the corpse was partially mummified and portions of the body appeared to have been eaten by a dog and cat living at the residence.
Police said the woman - who appeared to be suffering from mental problems - was taken to a crisis center for treatment. They said they made a visit to the home after a neighbor phoned police to report she had not seen the deceased woman for a long time.
Man Arrested After Trying To Fill Up Imaginary Car
A man was arrested at a Kentucky gas station after he was reported to be trying to pump fuel into an imaginary car.
According to reports, Louisville police found Joshua L. Moore at the petrol station, where workers alleged he had been trying to pump petrol into a car that wasn’t there, in the early hours of Sunday morning. The officers immediately noted what appeared to be a strong smell of marijuana.
After being arrested, Moore was found to have ‘two large baggies’ of marijuana on his person, as well as an impressive amount of ecstasy.
According to authorities, he also had a mobile phone and a large amount of money, which they take as evidence that he was involved in trafficking the drugs.
Woman Uses Pencil in Self Pleasure
A 264-pound woman presented herself at a German hospital with an usual problem. Not only did she have two pencils floating free in her bladder, she was the one who put them there. She enjoyed the esoteric pleasure of inserting pencils into her urethra, and she had an unfortunate tendency to push things a bit too far.
Unique Mating Photos Of Wild Gorillas Face To Face
Scientists from the Wildlife Conservation Society and Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology have released the first known photographs of gorillas performing face-to-face copulation in the wild.
This is the first time that western gorillas have been observed and photographed mating in such a manner. The photographs were part of a study conducted in a forest clearing in Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park in the Republic of Congo that appeared in a recent issue
of The Gorilla Gazette.
Soldier's Message in a
Bottle Surfaces – 90 Years Later
A message in a bottle, which has floated on the waves of time for 90 years, has been found by French archaeologists. The beer bottle contained a letter sent to an American soldier fighting in the First World War from his “Aunt Pete” in Oklahoma City. It was discovered by accident by archaeologists exploring a 6th and 7th century Merovingian settlement, at Messein in Lorraine. The letter gives a jaunty, unthinkingly racist account of life in the US Midwest in July 1918, four months before the end of the war. “Its [sic] all most [sic] impossible to get help of any kind and those you do get are likely to be called any time,” Aunt Pete writes.
The Mysterious Stone Spheres Of Costa Rica
Spread all over Diquis Delta, and on the Isla de Cano, the mysterious stone spheres of Costa Rica have fascinated scientists ever since they were discovered, in 1930.
The Crazy House Hotel In Vietnam
Located in Da Lang, Vietnam, Hang Nga’s Tree House Hotel, better known as Crazy House, features giant tree trunks and branches that try to trick you into believing this is an actual tree house.
Seattle Gum Wall Germ Infected
